From ba2ec66c497ee0c90c59868712c67b51b33ddca3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tanya732 <sinha.tanya26@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 17:33:14 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Release 4.6.1

---
 .version     | 2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md | 8 ++++++++
 README.md    | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.version b/.version
index 28446a5e..f4fa8fcb 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.6.0
\ No newline at end of file
+4.6.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index deb1c961..e59812e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## [4.6.1](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/tree/4.6.1) (2026-09-08)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/compare/4.6.0...4.6.1)
+
+**Added**
+- chore: update bouncycastle [\#801](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/pull/801) ([tanya732](https://github.com/tanya732))
+- Bump com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core from 2.22.1 to 2.22.2 in /lib [\#797](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/pull/797) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- chore: remove unused imports [\#794](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/pull/794) ([Zichen1028](https://github.com/Zichen1028))
+
 ## [4.6.0](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/tree/4.6.0) (2026-07-13)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/compare/4.5.2...4.6.0)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c51869a3..76d159ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ Add the dependency via Maven:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.auth0</groupId>
   <artifactId>java-jwt</artifactId>
-  <version>4.6.0</version>
+  <version>4.6.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 or Gradle:
 
 ```gradle
-implementation 'com.auth0:java-jwt:4.6.0'
+implementation 'com.auth0:java-jwt:4.6.1'
 ```
 
 ### Create a JWT